Anyone who is having troubles should pray. ... When a believing person prays, great things happen. -James 5:13,16 NCV

A Good Day for the Kingdom

1 Peter
1:13-17 (NLT) 13 So think clearly and
exercise self-control. Look forward to the gracious salvation that will
come to you when Jesus Christ is revealed to the world. 14 So you must live as God’s obedient
children. Don’t slip back into your old ways of living to satisfy your own
desires. You didn’t know any better then. 15 But now you must be holy in
everything you do, just as God who chose you is holy. 16 For the Scriptures say, “You
must be holy because I am holy.” 17 And remember that the
heavenly Father to whom you pray has no favorites. He will judge or reward
you according to what you do. So you must live in reverent fear of him
during your time as “foreigners in the land.”

Father,
you remind us through your Word that you have called us to think clearly, to be
self-controlled, to live obediently, and to honor you with reverent behavior because
you have called us to be holy. You expect our redemption to be expressed in
true Christian living, and rightly so.

We
thank you Father that not only have you called us, you also enable us by your
Spirit and through your grace and mercy to be want you want us to be. This too is
our desire: to honor you, to please you, to glorify you and to be a light of
truth and hope in a world of darkness, despair and disillusionment.

We
pray, Father. that this day will be a good for your Kingdom when your glory
will fill the earth through the lives of your loving, obedient children.

We
ask this in the Name of Your beloved Son and our Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.
Amen.

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Anyone who is having troubles should pray. Anyone who is happy should sing praises. Anyone who is sick should call the church's elders. They should pray for and pour oil on the person in the name of the Lord. And the prayer that is said with faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will heal that person. And if the person has sinned, the sins will be forgiven. Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so God can heal you. When a believing person prays, great things happen. (James 5:13-16 NCV)